INTERN. GOGAKOU CHILDREN FOLK CAMP N.SKİONİ / HALKİDİKİ / GREECE
In a small village of Kassandra, we have created "Once upon a time", with much artistic feeling and love for children and man, tradition, nature and life... "Once upon a time... Means holidays and relaxation! Entertainment and action! Daring and adventure! A live fairytale-like reality...
In a ravine where holly, myrtles, arbutuses rove their braches. At a place where nightingales compose their musical symphonies In a valley whose boundaries are set by pine clad mountainsides.
Near the unique natural spring of Kassandra "Patatlaka", where gurgling waters spring from the heart of the mountain ...at a place with a climate that can be compared to no other. At New Skioni, located at the peninsula of Kassandra in the prefecture of Halkidiki, only 1 km from the northeastern part of the picturesque village. All tradition gathered in this valley which seems as if untouched by time; however you will discover that time here is never enough if you want to see everything.
With the initiative of Dimitra Papachristodoulou - Gogakou, educator by profession, who wanted to give sound principles to her children - pupils and dreamt of a live folklore workshop, we created "Once upon a time..." with much artistic feeling and love for children and man, tradition nature and life.
At its live folklore workshops you will see nature, man, animals in an interdependent harmonic and balanced relationship.
At "Once upon a time" you will see no dead exhibition areas.
You will experience live tradition, a fairytale-like reality, a game of tradition and life, of nature, man, animals, in as ideal relationship.
CHILDREN'S CAMP PERIODS
A 17 June - 9 July
B 9 July - 31 July
C 31 July - 22 August
DAILY MEAL PROGRAM
DAY LUNCH DINNER
MONDAY STEAK, FRIED POTATOES, SALAD, FRUIT CLUB SANDWICH, FRUIT or PASTA NAPOLITAN CHEESE, FRUIT
TUESDAY BAKED TOMATOES STUFFED WITH RICE, CHEESE, FRUIT SHISH KEBAB , FRIED POTATOES, SALAD, FRUIT
WEDNESDAY VEAL COOKED WITH ORIGANUM, RISOTTO, SALAD, FRUIT PASTICCIO, SALAD FRUIT
THURSDAY PEA or FRESH BEANS, CHEESE, SALAD, FRUIT SPAGHETTI WITH MINCED MEAT, SALAD, FRUIT
FRIDAY LENTILS or BEEF, WITH POTATOES , SALAD, FRUIT SPINACH RISE or PEAS , CHEESE, SALAD, FRUIT
SATURDAY VEAL WITH BARLEY - SHAPED PASTA BAKED IN RED SAUCE, CHEESE PARMESAN FRUIT FISH CROCKETS WITH RICE , FRIED POTATOES, FRUIT
SUNDAY STEAK or SHISH KEBAB, BAKED POTATOES, SALAD FRUIT PIZZA NAPOLITAN, SALAD, FRUIT
BREAKFAST
MILK or COCOA or TEA, BUTTER, JAM, HONEY, CORN FLAKES, CHOCO SPREAD BRUNCH
JUICE, SEASONAL FRUIT AFTERNOON SNACK
CHEESE PIE, CROISSANT, ICE CREAM, DESSERT, CAKE, TOAST
Best Regards,

Arif Sönmez

The Dırector of Anatolıan Folk Dance Groups,
General Representatıve of The Gogakou Folk Camp..
Festıval Organızer

A workshop on Greek Traditional Dances will be organized in Crete,
1-7/8/2011, at Almyrida/Chania. Join it and we assure that you’ll enjoy traditional Cretan Life, Dance Courses and Holidays, all…. in 7 days!!!

The seminar will be held in Pieria (the land of the ancient Thracian tribe 'Pieres' and the Muses), on the flanks of Mount Olympus, the mythological residence of the ancient Greek pantheon, and close to the coasts of the blue Aegean Sea. The seminar will take place from 19 to 28th August 2011, when most traditional feasts ('glendia' or 'panegyria') take place in the area (including Macedonian, Thracian, Pontian, Vlach and other glendia), as well as famous festivals of traditional 'gaida' (bagpipe), and ancient Greek drama festivals in the theatre of Dion, the sacred town of the ancient Macedonians.

There will also be special nights of traditional music at the seminar venue or in villages, where we will have the chance to meet and see local people dancing and singing.

Various scenic excursions and cultural tours will give the chance to admire the natural wonders of the sacred Mount Olympus (forests, springs and magnetic fields), the legendary burial place of Orpheus and great examples of ancient Greek civilization, music and technology.

It's great honour for us to invite you to Greece..Prefecture of Skioni III. Internatıonal meeting of Chıldren and Youth Folkdance and Folk musıc Ensembles..For the year 2011, the Festıval will be held in the period from 22 - 27.08.2011
The Festıval is open the amat...eur Folklore... Ensembles...... of Dancing and Music groups with live or recorded music and for partıcıpants between the ages 10 to 30 years old.
x Accomodatıon in a Gogakou Folk Camp. www.gogakou.gr
x Three meals perday/perperson
x No limit on the number of people to partıcıpate in Festıval.
x Free excursions to the seasıde,swimming pool,parties, camp activites..
x A guıde for each group speaking English.
x Diploma and some gifts for each person
x Normal medical care

Arrıval Date : 22.08.2011 (Afternoon)
Dep. Date : 27.08.2011 (After the breakfast)
Full registration / person : 130 Euro...
For each participant team there will be two(2) free of charge..

The ensemble interested in participation, no later than july 30, sends by email....